Showing posts with label hockey hair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hockey hair. Show all posts

Monday, May 16, 2016

Flow On

Since at least 2011 (and I think much longer than that), an anonymous Minnesotan has chronicled the state's biggest sporting event, celebrating his state's culture in a typically understated and sardonic manner. Now, thanks to the magic of the ESPN machine, flow is going big-time.

Tomorrow night, the Barry Melrose lends his voice, and more importantly, his hair, to the E:60 documentary, Minneflowta, a chronicle of hockey hair. But before Barry, there was Pulltabproductions, and now Game On! Minnesota, celebrating the best salads in the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament.

Picture the Indiana State High School Basketball Tournament with all manner of mullets, mustaches, and pompadours, and you've got an inkling of the Land of 10,000 Lakes' annual celebration of their game. If you've got time, go to the first link above and check out the last several years' worth of all-tournament hockey hair teams. But if you've only got 8 minutes, dig on this: